Italian food memories that brought tears

[orangecrush]

My Mom was 2nd generation Italian in South Philadelphia and grew up in the Great Depression.

I have eaten about a third of these depression era dishes, and they were wonderful beyond words.

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[LuckyCharms]

1. Bookmarking for later.

Thank you!

[orangecrush]

2. Most welcome

This is real.

I ate quite a few.

[LuckyCharms]

3. Were your mother's parents off the boat from Italy?

[orangecrush]

4. Absolutely

My Grandfather had an Italian language paper delivered up into the early 60s.

[LuckyCharms]

5. Same here...both sets of grandparents.

Mother born 1918, father born 1912.

I remember once speaking to a doc in the hospital when my mother was inpatient.

The doc told be that people born in that era who lived through the great depression were tougher physically than people born more recently, because they had to be tougher.

[orangecrush]

6. I agree

I didn't believe a lot of what she told me about how hard it was as a kid.

I know better now